Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

About Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.

Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 2: Advent of Legion is a 1996 fantasy horror film. Its themes are awestruck, cheerful, winter, and giant monster.

Toshiyuki Nagashima takes the lead as Colonel Yusuke Watarase, Miki Mizuno as Midori Honami, Tamotsu Ishibashi as First Lieutenant Hanatani, and Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Obitsu. Released in July 1996, it runs 99 minutes.

The screenplay is by Kazunori Ito. It is part of Gamera (Heisei) Collection. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and ARROW in the United States.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, Gamera vs. Zigra, and Pacific Rim: Uprising make useful companions to Gamera 2: Advent of Legion, all filed under gamera (giant turtle). TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 135 votes.